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Paddle board fans sought for Founders' Days competitionJul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Returning to the Algonquin Founders' Days festival for the second year in a row is the stand up paddle board competition. Early last year, Rick Pasturczak, owner of Algo...
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Corn Boil organizer: Events will be 'fresh'Jul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - When Jerry Swatek's job caused him to relocate from Gurnee to the DeKalb area in 2006, he spent a great deal of time searching various village websites for the perfect p...
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Carnival, crafts, competitions featured at Algonquin Founders' DaysJul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Algonquin residents will come together this weekend to commemorate the town's founding fathers in a festival of food, activities and live entertainment. The independent...
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Enter your recipe in Sugar Grove Corn Boil ChallengeJul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Corn may not be a common ingredient in your everyday meal, but at the Sugar Grove Corn Boil's annual Cooking Challenge, using corn can give competitors an edge. At 11:...
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Businessman rides motorcycle to help disabled veteransJul 21, 2014 11:01 am - Naperville business executive Jim Hughes has driven motorcycles for most of his life and ridden for many charitable causes. But the first Wounded Heroes Ride he took in ...
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Libertyville Civic Center celebrates 20 yearsJul 20, 2014 11:00 pm - When the young actors in the Libertyville-based Encore Theatre Group need to rehearse for or present their latest production, they can often be found doing so at the Lib...
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Ryerson Woods to host outdoor performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Jul 20, 2014 11:00 pm - Shakespeare aficionados and neophytes alike can relax among the lush vegetation and sound of crickets at Ryerson Woods in Riverwoods, on Aug. 1, 2 and 3, when Citadel Th...
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Taste of Lincolnshire begins July 25Jul 20, 2014 11:00 pm - Prepare your appetites: The 14th annual Taste of Lincolnshire festival begins Friday, July 25. Running through Sunday, July 27, the village-sponsored event will be at th...
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Winning the rat race not all it's cracked up to beJul 20, 2014 1:01 am - Slowly but surely, those of us in the "T-shirt, Levis and sneakers" generation have undergone a metamorphosis. The evidence is all around us. I met an old friend - now ...
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Ingleside camp's grounds have changed, but the mission remains the sameJul 18, 2014 11:01 am - Edwin Glickman said it was two weeks of heaven. Glickman grew up in the Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans and received a two-week scholarship that allowed him to attend o...